The Navy secretary is urging military personnel to remain apolitical weeks after a controversy in which the White House asked for the USS John McCain to be kept out of President Donald Trump’s sight during his visit to Japan. In a memo issued last week, Navy Secretary Richard V. Spencer highlighted the importance of not…… MORE
The question of the future of private health insurance revealed the starkest divide on policy among the 10 Democratic presidential candidates onstage in Miami, as the first debate night of this 2020 primary began with an early bang. Presented with a question that cut to the core of the “Medicare for All” debate, Massachusetts Sen.…… MORE
It’s halftime in the first big clash of a new season of presidential politics. Ten Democratic hopefuls took the stage on Wednesday night, invoking a vision of a more diverse and economically balanced America after an era of name-calling and nationalist conservatism under President Donald Trump. The rest of the party’s crowded 2020 field will…… MORE
An active duty Navy SEAL deployed in Mosul, Iraq, with Eddie Gallagher testified Wednesday that when Gallagher fired his sniper rifle at a man, he did so because they believed him to be an ISIS combatant, not a citizen as other witnesses have testified. Joshua Graffam, testifying under immunity at Gallagher’s military trial, told the…… MORE
Julián Castro walked onto the debate stage in Miami on Wednesday night as a longshot candidate with a fat resume but stubbornly low poll numbers. Two hours later, as the cameras dimmed on the first Democratic debate of the 2020 presidential election, the former Housing and Urban Development secretary was a Twitter trend of his…… MORE
Julián Castro and Beto O’Rourke, two relatively young Democrats from Texas, have been circling each other for months as both vie to propel themselves out of the Lone Star state. And on Wednesday, those months came to a head: Castro and O’Rourke fought in arguably the most heated exchange of an otherwise mild Democratic debate…… MORE
A group of lawyers on Wednesday night asked a federal judge to hold the Trump administration in contempt and to order immediate improvements to conditions at Customs and Border Protection facilities where children are being held. The filing specifically cites facilities in the Rio Grande Valley and El Paso, Texas. The lawyers are part of…… MORE
Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts was the top-polling Democratic presidential candidate onstage Wednesday night, and the early moments of the party’s first 2020 debate showed why. Warren was asked four other questions before most of the nine other contenders had been asked two. Her platform set the pace for the night, with other candidates embracing…… MORE
He’s the Grim Reaper hanging over Democrats. And his silent presence haunts their dreams for a bigger, more generous government. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell played an arguably larger role as Democrats’ villain during their first 2020 presidential primary debate than President Donald Trump did. And that’s saying something. Google Trends tweeted after the debate…… MORE
Trade wars — and the prospect of actual war — will dominate President Donald Trump’s agenda when he touches down here in Osaka, Japan, Thursday for a highly consequential meeting of world leaders. It’s a sign of Trump’s continued capacity to mold the world agenda that this year’s G20 summit represents a confluence of global…… MORE
This album was voted by Rolling Stone as one of the 100 greatest album covers of all time…
Can’t imagine they’re still paying teens to do this these days…
Bach’s influence on a one hit wonder
Persephone is a smart dog who already lots of commands and loves car rides